| Est. Rank | Rank | Diff | Release
| Est. Gross | Actual | Diff | % Diff | Theaters | Estimated Total | Actual | Weekend | Distributor
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| 1 | 1 | - | Madea Goes to Jail | $16,500,000 | $16,175,926 | -$324,074 | -2% | 2,052 | $64,850,000 | $64,525,548 | 2 | Lionsgate | - |
| 2 | 2 | - | Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience | $12,700,000 | $12,510,374 | -$189,626 | -1.5% | 1,271 | $12,700,000 | $12,510,374 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 3 | 3 | - | Slumdog Millionaire | $12,150,000 | $12,026,343 | -$123,657 | -1% | 2,943 | $115,148,000 | $115,024,121 | 16 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - |
| 4 | 4 | - | Taken | $9,950,000 | $9,864,197 | -$85,803 | -0.9% | 3,089 | $107,882,000 | $107,796,273 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 5 | 5 | - | He's Just Not That Into You | $5,875,000 | $6,011,405 | +$136,405 | +2.3% | 2,858 | $78,525,000 | $78,661,321 | 4 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 6 | 6 | - | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | $5,600,000 | $5,602,392 | +$2,392 | <0.1% | 2,698 | $128,106,000 | $128,107,912 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 7 | 7 | - | Coraline | $5,252,000 | $5,261,129 | +$9,129 | +0.2% | 2,092 | $61,145,000 | $61,112,744 | 4 | Focus Features | - |
| 8 | 8 | - | Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li | $4,650,000 | $4,721,110 | +$71,110 | +1.5% | 1,136 | $4,650,000 | $4,721,110 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 9 | 9 | - | Confessions of a Shopaholic | $4,490,000 | $4,634,534 | +$144,534 | +3.2% | 2,534 | $33,662,000 | $33,806,050 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 10 | 10 | - | Fired Up! | $3,800,000 | $3,701,562 | -$98,438 | -2.6% | 1,811 | $10,137,000 | $10,038,772 | 2 | Screen Gems | - |
| 11 | 11 | - | Friday the 13th | $3,705,000 | $3,689,156 | -$15,844 | -0.4% | 2,760 | $60,717,000 | $60,700,752 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 12 | 12 | - | Gran Torino | $2,975,000 | $3,022,228 | +$47,228 | +1.6% | 1,750 | $138,585,000 | $138,632,157 | 12 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 13 | 13 | - | The Reader | $2,918,000 | $2,860,429 | -$57,571 | -2% | 1,203 | $27,007,000 | $26,949,964 | 12 | The Weinstein Company | - |
| 14 | 14 | - | The International | $2,800,000 | $2,854,949 | +$54,949 | +2% | 2,031 | $21,300,000 | $21,355,103 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 15 | 15 | - | The Pink Panther 2 | $2,400,000 | $2,442,596 | +$42,596 | +1.8% | 1,879 | $32,565,000 | $32,608,119 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 16 | 16 | - | Push | $2,215,000 | $2,233,541 | +$18,541 | +0.8% | 1,565 | $27,844,000 | $27,862,215 | 4 | Summit Entertainment | - |
| 17 | 17 | - | Hotel for Dogs | $1,650,000 | $1,680,286 | +$30,286 | +1.8% | 1,381 | $67,606,000 | $67,636,154 | 7 | DreamWorks | - |
| 18 | 18 | - | Milk | $1,465,000 | $1,483,395 | +$18,395 | +1.3% | 828 | $30,073,000 | $30,004,709 | 14 | Focus Features | - |
| 19 | 19 | - | The Wrestler | $1,365,000 | $1,387,672 | +$22,672 | +1.7% | 776 | $23,489,000 | $23,512,104 | 11 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - |
| 20 | 20 | - | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | $785,000 | $787,261 | +$2,261 | +0.3% | 558 | $125,386,000 | $125,388,340 | 10 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 21 | 21 | - | The Uninvited | $750,000 | $730,334 | -$19,666 | -2.6% | 735 | $27,043,000 | $27,023,042 | 5 | DreamWorks | - |
| 22 | 22 | - | Under the Sea 3D | $563,000 | $521,011 | -$41,989 | -7.5% | 51 | - | $2,393,665 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 23 | 23 | - | Doubt | $505,000 | $514,527 | +$9,527 | +1.9% | 400 | $31,877,000 | $31,886,500 | 12 | Miramax | - |
| 24 | 24 | - | Echelon Conspiracy | $500,154 | - | - | - | 400 | $500,154 | - | 1 | After Dark Films | - |
| 25 | 25 | - | Twilight | $460,000 | $475,792 | +$15,792 | +3.4% | 448 | $190,094,000 | $190,109,313 | 15 | Summit Entertainment | - |
| 26 | 27 | +1 | New in Town | $380,000 | $400,802 | +$20,802 | +5.5% | 432 | $15,851,000 | $15,871,406 | 5 | Lionsgate | - |
| 27 | 29 | +2 | Two Lovers | $380,000 | $372,784 | -$7,216 | -1.9% | 66 | $597,000 | $590,099 | 3 | Magnolia Pictures | - |
| 28 | 28 | - | Revolutionary Road | $370,000 | $375,147 | +$5,147 | +1.4% | 304 | $21,941,000 | $21,945,941 | 10 | Paramount Vantage | - |
| 29 | 30 | +1 | Frost/Nixon | $320,000 | $364,660 | +$44,660 | +14% | 330 | $17,847,000 | $17,891,416 | 13 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 30 | 32 | +2 | Defiance | $320,000 | $319,636 | -$364 | -0.1% | 317 | $27,692,000 | $27,691,636 | 9 | Paramount Vantage | - |
| 31 | 33 | +2 | The Class | $314,000 | $282,785 | -$31,215 | -9.9% | 73 | $1,659,000 | $1,628,301 | 11 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 32 | 34 | +2 | Valkyrie | $205,000 | $226,233 | +$21,233 | +10.4% | 289 | $82,610,000 | $82,631,416 | 10 | United Artists | - |
| 33 | 35 | +2 | Waltz with Bashir | $188,000 | $205,098 | +$17,098 | +9.1% | 208 | $1,829,000 | $1,846,384 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 34 | 39 | +5 | Gomorrah | $145,000 | $153,387 | +$8,387 | +5.8% | 20 | $380,000 | $388,804 | 11 | IFC Films | - |
| 35 | 42 | +7 | The Tale of Despereaux | $125,000 | $135,145 | +$10,145 | +8.1% | 248 | $50,809,000 | $50,818,750 | 11 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 36 | 44 | +8 | Rachel Getting Married | $121,000 | $111,893 | -$9,107 | -7.5% | 115 | $12,575,000 | $12,566,167 | 22 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 37 | 45 | +8 | The Unborn | $108,000 | $107,990 | -$10 | <0.1% | 150 | $42,638,000 | $42,638,165 | 8 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 38 | 47 | +9 | Crossing Over | $75,600 | $77,370 | +$1,770 | +2.3% | 9 | $75,600 | $77,370 | 1 | The Weinstein Company | - |
| 39 | 48 | +9 | Fanboys | $64,000 | $67,917 | +$3,917 | +6.1% | 34 | $483,000 | $486,861 | 4 | The Weinstein Company | - |
| 40 | 49 | +9 | My Bloody Valentine | $56,000 | $56,057 | +$57 | +0.1% | 92 | $51,471,000 | $51,471,301 | 7 | Lionsgate | - |
| 41 | 55 | +14 | Wendy and Lucy | $41,100 | $38,728 | -$2,372 | -5.8% | 20 | $489,000 | $487,083 | 12 | Oscilloscope | - |
| 42 | 77 | +35 | Outlander | $4,900 | $5,590 | +$690 | +14.1% | 12 | $148,000 | $148,894 | 6 | Third Rail Releasing | - |
